Quality Assurance Leader — Drive Process Excellence

Stuart Rush; Damascus (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

The Stuart Rush quality leadership role is responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving the site’s Quality Management System (QMS) to meet ISO 9001 standards. You will drive data analysis, root cause investigation, and cross-functional collaboration to reduce costs of poor quality and promote a culture of improvement.

Experience in manufacturing, strong analytical skills, and a track record of leading corrective actions (8D/CAPA) are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Industrial Technology, or related field.
• 3+ years of quality management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining and improving an ISO 9001 certified or equivalent quality system.
• Strong analytical skills and proven track record of leading process improvement projects with measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

• Serve as management representative for ISO 9001 compliant QMS. Maintain and continuously improve the QMS, including document control, record retention, and system architecture.
• Manage non-conforming material processes, containment actions, and disposition decisions for both internal and external non-conformances.
• Provide support and resolution for day-to-day operational quality issues, responding in an urgent, timely, and effective manner to minimize negative impact.
• Own customer complaint handling, warranty analysis, customer, and 8D/CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) processes.
• Oversee operational product final testing, incoming, in-process, and final inspection, and other quality assurance activities to ensure product conformance to specifications.
• Measure and manage supplier quality including measures, audits, supplier corrective actions, and oversight of defective material return process. Ensure proper actions are taken to prevent reoccurrence of non-confirming products.
• Ensure calibration, gauge R&R, and measurement system analysis (MSA) programs are current and effective.
• Lead, coach, and develop the quality team and broader organization on root cause problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA) building technical capability in problem-solving and improvement methodologies.
• Act as a change agent, building quality and defect prevention into the process and auditing to ensure adherence to operational quality expectations. Includes the development and execution of action plans along with proactive and reactive measures to drive improvement.
• Develop, collect, track, analyze, and report on quality data, performance metrics (including KPI’s), improvement plans, countermeasures, and daily management.

Skills

Quality management

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Industrial Technology, or related field

Tools

MSA

Job description

The Stuart Rush quality leadership role is responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving the site’s Quality Management System (QMS) to meet ISO 9001 standards. You will drive data analysis, root cause investigation, and cross-functional collaboration to reduce costs of poor quality and promote a culture of improvement.

Experience in manufacturing, strong analytical skills, and a track record of leading corrective actions (8D/CAPA) are essential.